So I am breastfeeding our adopted baby and even with me taking supliments I am not producing enough so I suppliment with donor milk about 6-8ox daily. We started with the lactaid and now do bottles for that extra amount. Long story short I was using the slow flow playtex drop in bottles, but then read about how even though bps free there are other bad chemicals in plastic... so in a moment of weakness I went out and bought all glass bottles, but it seems like the nipple has a faster flow and am concerned about her getting the milk too easy and getting frustrated nursing. She is 5m old. I know in the scheme of life this is a pretty small deal, and I may just switch back to the playtex ones, but are there any others that are good that you would reccommend? The glass ones are much more of a pain lol Also wondering since she is 5 months if with another brand will I need to get a different nipple as she gets bigger or if the slow flow playtex or similar will be ok. She is the 6th baby I have breastfed but the first I have used a bottle with on a regular basis. Thanks!!

I can't help with the bottles (we used Playtex drop ins with DD1 and are planning to use them for DD2). If you ate going to continue to breastfeed, you should stay with the slow flow nipples. DD1 used the slow flow until we switched to sippy cups.

What about the glass Dr. Browns? I haven't used them, but I'm a big believer in some sort of vented bottle system for a breastfed baby. I had to quit using the plain glass bottles with ODD also because of nipple problems, and didn't know about the glass Dr. Browns.

__________________Rebecca, married to J (2007), DD1 Anna (11/09) and DD2 Ada born at home 7/12DS Henry born at home 3/14

Ate the glass a standard neck size? There are lots of options for those. We use even Flo classic glass with Dr Brown's size 2 nipples. I have a fast letdown so she wouldn't take the smallest size. Generally, though, you stick with the slowest flow for bf babies.

Lactation consultants I talked to suggested Playtex drop ins, but I never asked about possible chemicals. I tend to not be too paranoid about that kind of thing, but you need to do what you're comfortable with. Good luck!

What brand of glass bottles are you using? Avent makes wide mouth glass bottles with slow flow nipples for newborns. They come with the 4 oz bottles, the 8 oz bottles come with stage 2 so you will need to buy the slower slow ones.